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Saharsa : Two youth : Sawan Kumar, 19, and Raja Kumar, 20, were feared drowned in river Kosi near Karu Babasthan Ttemple under Mahishi Block in Saharsa District in North Bihar on June 25, 2020, while taking bath while the third person Indal Kumar was rescued by the villagers. Indal was rushed to Primary Health Centre, Mahishi, for treatment. Sawan Kumar and Raja Kumar are yet to be located.
Sawan Kumar and Indal Kumar are residents of Simri Bakhtiyarpur in Saharsa District while Raja Kumar hails from Madhepura District. All the three had gone to Karu Babasthan temple to offer prayers but two of them drowned in river Kosi while taking bath. Police have recovered a bike and a pair of sandals from the river bank.
Circle Officer (CO), Mahishi, Ahmad Ali Ansari, reached the place of occurrence for an on the spot inquiry into the incident. The CO said that three persons had drowned in river Kosi while taking bath of which two are still traceless. SDRF team has been pressed into service to locate them, CO Ansari said. He said that one of the youth was rescued and was under treatment at Primary Health Centre, Mahishi.